Curtain-pole



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A. M. UHRISTIANSEN. CURTAIN POLE.

No 603,053. Patented Apr. 26, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT rrinn.

AXEL M. GHRISTIANSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,053, dated April26, 1898. Application filed June 26, 1897. Serial No. 6&2 #144. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AXEL M. CHRISTIANSEN, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulCurtain-Pole, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of a curtainpole and hooks therefor, andhas for its object to simplify and eheapen such devices and render themstronger and more durable and more effective in operation.

Vv iLh this object in view myinvention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention mostnearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed todescribe its construction and operation, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of ashort section of a curtain-pole having two of my improved curtain-hooksattached thereto in position for practical use. Fig. 2 is an endelevation of the devices shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective 'viewof one of my improved curtain-hooks. Fig. 4. is a longitudinal sectionthrough one end of a curtain-pole having my improved knob or end finishsecured thereto. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the plane indicated bythe broken line 6 6 of Fig. 4.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in thevarious figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A indicates a curtain-pole made,preferably, of sheet metal bent into tubular form with a longitudinalslot B extending from end to end between its meeting edges.

My improved, curtain-hook C is provided with sharp points D, which whenthe points are in operative position extend upwardly, being joined attheir lower ends to the downwardly-projecting arms E, which areconnected at their upper ends by a cross-bar F, said cross-bar passingthrough eyes G at the lower ends of vertical arms H, depending from thehorizontal portion I, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. When the hooks are inposition on the curtain-pole, the stems or uprights H are located in theslot B, the horizontal portion I being inside of the curtain-pole andthe hooks D depending from the lower end of the uprights lI below thecurtain-pole, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. By means of this arrangementof devices the hooks are securely held against being drawn through theslot B and are at the same time permitted to be moved freely to and froin said slot and to be removed therefrom through the end of the slotwhenever desired. The curtains are attached to the hooks in thewell-known man nor by simply passing the material over the points of thehooks.

J is my improved knob or end finish. It may be made in many ways-forinstance, of the parts K, L, and M, which are seamed together, forming asubstantially solid structure. In the inner end of part M, I secure atube N, having a series of longitudinal notches in its front end,leaving projecting stems 0 between said notches. These stems O areturned upon themselves inwardly and are provided at their inner endswith short inwardly-proj ectin g flanges I. The inner portions of thestems 0 form springs, which when the device is pressed upon the end ofthe curtain-pole, as shown in Fig. 4, will securely hold the knob or endfinish in position without the use of any other means for securing orfastening the same, the inwardly-projecting flanges P preventing thepushing of the knob too far on the pole.

The simplicity and usefulness of my invention will be apparent from theforegoing description, and while I have illustrated and described what Ibelieve to be the best means for carrying out my invention I do not wishto be understood as limiting myself to the exact construction andarrangement shown and described, but hold that such slight changes andvariations as might suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic wouldproperly fall within the limit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. The curtain-hanger herein described, consisting of the horizontalportion I, having downward projections H, with eyes G, at the lower endthereof, and the points D, projecting from the angular portions E, ofthe crossbar F, said cross-bar being pivotally secured in the eyes G, ofthe parts H, substantially as described.

2. A knob or end finish for curtain-poles consisting of a knob or sphereprovided with a frusto-oonical extension secured thereon,

and a tubular extension secured Within the outer end of saidfrusto-conical extension having longitudinal slots forming spring-fin-

